Kris Allen has revealed that he has been performing a Radiohead cover during concerts to increase his "street cred".

The former American Idol winner told MTV News that he chose to include his own version of 'Paranoid Android' while on tour as he has always been a big fan of the rock band.

"It's our street cred song," he said.

"I've always loved the song and I've always loved playing it, so we worked it out as a band because we thought it would be cool."

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He added that many of his fans were not familiar with the track and have had mixed reactions.

"Some people come up to me after the show, they didn't even know the song, and they were like, 'That was incredible!' My brother - he has no idea who Radiohead is - thought it was awesome," he explained.

"We won't play it every night. We'll play it every once in a while," the Arkansas native said. "I think we played it in Shreveport [Louisiana] and people were just like, 'What is this? This guy's creepy!' And then we move on to the next song."